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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 15, 2012Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2012, 3:02 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2012, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Dallas County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1985 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 15, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
144 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

.DISCUSSION...

EARLY AFTERNOON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT A WEAK
MID-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA...MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD. EARLY AFTERNOON
WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUED TO DEPICT AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. AREA RADARS SHOW THAT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED OVER AREAS SOUTHWEST OF THE DFW
METROPLEX...WHILE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED
ELSEWHERE.

THROUGH TONIGHT...ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. LOCALLY CALCULATED CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS
INDICATE THAT THE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT IS CHARACTERIZED BY
2000 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE WITH 10 TO 15 KTS OF 0-6 KM BULK
SHEAR. IN GENERAL THIS SUPPORTS A SINGLE TO MULTI-CELLULAR STORM
MODE WITH RAPIDLY FLUCTUATING INTENSITY. MICROBURST WIND DAMAGE
LOOKS TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH 60 MPH OR GREATER WIND GUSTS
LIKELY WITH ANY COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORM CORE THIS AFTERNOON.
EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...BUT DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. MOST
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE ACROSS NORTH TX AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY...GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE UPPER LOW TO OUR
WEST WILL BE A BIT SLOWER TO MOVE SOUTHWEST AWAY FROM NORTH TX
THAN THEY HAD THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WITH THE UPPER LOW SITUATED
WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT IS
EXPECTED TO BE WEAK OVER NORTH TX...BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT WILL
HOLD OFF THE ONSET OF UPPER RIDGING UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. WITH A SIMILAR THERMODYNAMIC AIRMASS OVER NORTH TX
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN LIKELY DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS OF THE
DAY. ADDED 30 POPS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA FOR
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND MAINTAINED 20 POPS ELSEWHERE. PLACED HIGHER
POPS OUT WEST AS THESE COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY BETTER LARGE
SCALE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW. FOR TUESDAY ONLY
MENTIONED 20 POPS FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE
35/35E CORRIDOR AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY OFF
TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...IN GENERAL MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
INDICATE THAT AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST...UPPER
LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND SPREAD LARGE
SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE OVER NORTH TX FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE FORECAST PERIOD. WITH THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE OFF TO OUR
NORTH...IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR SOME AFTERNOON ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME
PROBABILITIES REMAIN TO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE WORDED FORECAST
THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN GENERAL...WITHOUT RAINFALL...HIGH
TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY CLIMB BACK TOWARDS THE 100
DEGREE MARK FOR NEXT WEEKEND.

CAVANAUGH

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  76  94  77  96  78 /  20  20  10  20  10
WACO, TX              75  94  77  95  76 /  20  20  10  20  10
PARIS, TX             71  93  73  95  73 /  20  20  10  10  10
DENTON, TX            75  94  75  96  76 /  20  20  10  20  10
MCKINNEY, TX          73  94  74  95  74 /  20  20  10  10  10
DALLAS, TX            76  95  78  96  78 /  20  20  10  20  10
TERRELL, TX           73  93  74  95  74 /  20  20  10  10  10
CORSICANA, TX         74  93  75  94  75 /  20  20  10  10  10
TEMPLE, TX            73  94  74  95  75 /  20  20  10  20  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     72  95  73  97  72 /  20  30  10  20  10

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 2:50 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-161215-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
250 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS
ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THREATS INCLUDE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG
DOWNBURST WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AFTERNOONS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES WEST OF INTERSTATE 35/35 EAST.
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1253 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

TXZ131>133-151830-
HOOD TX-JOHNSON TX-SOMERVELL TX-
1253 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN HOOD COUNTY
  WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY
  EASTERN SOMERVELL COUNTY

AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANBURY...MOVING NORTH AT
10 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GLEN ROSE...GODLEY...
GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES AND CLEBURNE STATE PARK.

PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3255 9786 3255 9751 3226 9744 3220 9760
      3221 9763 3213 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 174DEG 8KT 3233 9764
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1259 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

TXZ143-144-157-151900-
HAMILTON TX-BOSQUE TX-CORYELL TX-
1259 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY
  CORYELL COUNTY
  HAMILTON COUNTY

AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GATESVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COPPERAS COVE...CRANFILLS
GAP...EVANT...FORT GATES...GATESVILLE...HAMILTON...HICO AND MOTHER
NEFF STATE PARK.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3183 9818 3185 9816 3191 9821 3201 9800
      3187 9790 3188 9789 3172 9752 3158 9760
      3132 9742 3107 9791 3146 9818 3142 9827
      3169 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 205DEG 5KT 3163 9786
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:10 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson41 min
Jul 14, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton63 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Rockwall50 min
Jul 14, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant, Wise60 min
Jul 14, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman26 min
Jul 14, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Ellis29 min
Jul 14, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker32 min
Jul 14, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson29 min
Jul 14, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro34 min
Jul 14, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill29 min
Jul 14, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill28 min
Jul 14, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood24 min
Jul 15, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell27 min
Jul 15, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Somervell37 min
Jul 15, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell, Hamilton61 min
Jul 15, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Erath, Somervell40 min
Jul 15, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton57 min
Jul 15, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson24 min
Jul 15, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas35 min
Jul 15, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche, Eastland30 min
Jul 15, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis33 min
Jul 15, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell30 min
Jul 15, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant27 min
Jul 15, 3:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell113 min
Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis34 min
Jul 15, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman32 min
Jul 15, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell26 min
Jul 15, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan33 min
Jul 15, 5:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMcLennan116 min
Jul 15, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman25 min
Jul 15, 5:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell119 min

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